I have ALMOST finished the slides for my confirmation of candidature presentation but I haven’t yet done a proper run through, have really only THOUGHT about what I’m going to say for each slide. I have some time tomorrow so I’m feeling A-OK about that. At the moment I’m most worried about marking.

I have 33 learning portfolios to mark in 2 weeks. So that is at least 2.3 per day… let’s say 3 and then I’ll get some time off on the weekends. I’m also behind on my Academic Learning Centre (ALC) hours, so that means I’ll have to make that up by providing feedback for assignments which have been submitted online to the ALC.

I guess it never rains it pours! I knew that as soon as I handed in the report for confirmation it would be straight onto the next thing, then the next and so on. But I am still surprised at how short the relief period was. Part of this is the things going on outside of work and study as well, mostly relating to my hobbies at the moment.

So yes, fair to say that marking, this time around, has hit me pretty hard… I only hope that it is lollies raining down as a result! I also don’t think the marking is smiling like the girl in the picture above, but it seemed the most relevant one I could find.

As always I have tried to plan my time, using my Outlook calendar. But there just isn’t that many spaces on it! Not enough hours in the day. Once again, I’m going to be working on the weekend and during my evenings.

Today I have 2 hours of meetings for the social innovation team I’m part of. One is a general meeting and the other is a shut-up and write session for the discussion piece we are working on. I really value the shut-up and write sessions and attend a few regularly. I find it’s just a great way to carve out time for specific projects and thus helps me get things done. I will attend today for those reasons, but really I’d like to be marking assignments instead!